LEAVENWORTH SPEECH - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to students at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, May 7, 2010. He told students differences between conventional and irregular warfare are becoming "less relevant in the real world." DoD photo by Cherie CullenGates: Speed FCS Replacement, Define Future USMC Role -- Defense News
FORT LEAVENWORTH, KAN. - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants the Army to accelerate its top modernization program, and is challenging the Marine Corps to define its future role.
Last year, Gates terminated the Army's Future Combat Systems program and directed the service to begin a new modernization effort. The service responded with a new program that's slated to field the first vehicles in seven years.
That's just too slow for the defense secretary.
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